Boris Cherny: TI-83 Plus Basic Programming Tutorial (2004) | Hacker News

A Hacker News thread on a TI-83 Plus BASIC tutorial sparked nostalgia for calculator programming.

Users recalled making games, experimenting with TI-BASIC, and even building transfer cables to load code.

The discussion also traced how many started with calculator hacking before moving on to assembly and later languages.

It shows how school graphing calculators like the TI-83 Plus helped launch early coding interests and careers.